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 Demon of Matrimonial Unhappiness.Demos’thens’ Lantern. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Demos (King).
 
The electorate; the proletariat. Not the mob, but those who choose and elect our senators, and are therefore the virtual rulers of the nation.   1
 


 Demon of Matrimonial Unhappiness.Demos’thens’ Lantern. 

 
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